轍を踏む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 轍 | 踏 |
| てつ Hyōgaiji | ふ Grade: S |
Etymology
Literally, follow some else's rut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [te̞t͡sɨᵝ o̞ ɸɯ̟ᵝmɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
轍を踏む (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana てつをふむ, rōmaji tetsu o fumu)
- (idiomatic) make the same mistake that someone else did
Conjugation
Conjugation of "轍を踏む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 轍を踏ま | てつをふま | tetsu o fuma |
| Continuative (連用形) | 轍を踏み | てつをふみ | tetsu o fumi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 轍を踏む | てつをふむ | tetsu o fumu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 轍を踏む | てつをふむ | tetsu o fumu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 轍を踏め | てつをふめ | tetsu o fume |
| Imperative (命令形) | 轍を踏め | てつをふめ | tetsu o fume |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 轍を踏まれる | てつをふまれる | tetsu o fumareru |
| Causative | 轍を踏ませる 轍を踏ます | てつをふませる てつをふます | tetsu o fumaseru tetsu o fumasu |
| Potential | 轍を踏める | てつをふめる | tetsu o fumeru |
| Volitional | 轍を踏もう | てつをふもう | tetsu o fumō |
| Negative | 轍を踏まない | てつをふまない | tetsu o fumanai |
| Negative continuative | 轍を踏まず | てつをふまず | tetsu o fumazu |
| Formal | 轍を踏みます | てつをふみます | tetsu o fumimasu |
| Perfective | 轍を踏んだ | てつをふんだ | tetsu o funda |
| Conjunctive | 轍を踏んで | てつをふんで | tetsu o funde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 轍を踏めば | てつをふめば | tetsu o fumeba |